Whoa. It has been a loooonnnggg time since I have updated. Talk about procrastination… anyway, not to delay your reading any longer, here goes nothing. (ps. I will try to make it less…cheesy)

Chapter 3

Previously: He swooped down to help her and she pushed him off, embarrassed. Katya and Remus bent over

laughing."Come on guys," Katya hiccupped, "Let's get back to our compartment. We are almost home."

It seemed like little to no time before the train was pulling up to the Hogsmeade Station. Katya glanced out the window and sighed. 'My last year at Hogwarts," she thought miserably, "After this it's straight out into the real world."

Glancing around, she noticed that James and Lily had headed off to direct all of the younger students. She could hear Hagrid bellowing outside. With a fake sniffle she turned to Remus, "Our last train ride here! Our last time to ride the carriages! I don't want it to END!"

Through her lashes, she saw Remus' face of horror. He reached out a tentative hand, "Hey now, it's, uh, it's okay."

That was all Katya could handle she snorted then burst out laughing. "Remus, if you could have seen your face! You were so confused."

Remus simply rolled his eyes as Katya continued to laugh by herself. With a few last giggles, she managed to pull herself together. Her face red, Katya grabbed Remus' arm and marched him off of the train and out to the carriages. There, they saw Sirius, Peter, and Lily and Katya's roommate, Ellie Montgomery (Monty for short). With an excited squeal, Monty leapt out of the carriage and ran to hug Katya.

"Katy! I missed you so much this summer! I bet your summer was so exciting. I spent mine at my uncle's house in Normandy. Of course, he does have an absolutely brilliant library. I didn't even get half way through it. Speaking of books, I found this beautiful book that you would love. It has the neatest descriptions and all this fantastic information in it. However, the only problem with staying at my uncle's is that he has the giant slobbering bloody annoying dog that follows you everywhere you go. If you even think about sitting down it will come right away and put its great bloody head in your lap and let loose a torrent of slobber. The dumb beast is absolutely horrifying!"

With a few giant hand gestures, Monty finally shut up, nearly panting from her speech. Katya was all too familiar with her tirades. Small and booky she may be, but quiet and shy she was not. Finally able to get a word in, Katya said,

"Hello to you too, Monty. Yes my summer was very nice. I spent the first few weeks at home though. After that I got to go see my cousin Lydia in Greece and stayed there up until these past two weeks. It was gorgeous. " Katya sighed, remembering the blue Mediterranean and comparing it to the harsh waters of the English Channel.

Taking advantage of Katya's silence Monty grabbed her and pulled her into the carriage. It was only till she had shoved her into a seat that Monty noticed Remus. Uncharacteristically quiet, she murmured, "Oh, hi Remus."

Remus smiled and quickly sat down next to Sirius. Confused, Katya looked between the two. Then she saw it, an unusual red tint was creeping slowly up Monty's neck. A look of comprehension dawned on Katya's face but she decided to keep her friends confidence and said nothing to the constantly oblivious Peter or the unaware Sirius.

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The whole school was sitting patiently, waiting for the sorting to start. Katya looked around her. Monty was chatting enthusiastically with Lily. Remus was clearly trying to explain something to Peter. James and Sirius had their heads together, plotting no doubt. Feeling a little left out, Katya simply rested her head on her hands and closed her eyes.

Katya woke to the sound of clapping. Her hair had fallen down and was tumbling down her back. Sleepily she looked around. Dumbledore was just sitting down. 'He must have finished his beginning of the year speech. WAIT! That means I missed the sorting.'

"Monty! Lily! Why didn't you wake me up?" She whined.

"They would have," Sirius said, "But you just looked so peaceful that we, being James and me, thought you could do with a nap."

"Yeah right," Katya muttered. She knew better. They probably took advantage of her lack of attention to do some ghastly prank to commemorate their last year. She knew them way better than that. However, she wasn't about to ruin their fun so she let it go. Anyway, there was no time to berate them as the food was appearing now.

Finally finished with their conversation, Lily and Monty turned to Katya. Deciding to be mischievous Katya looked at Monty.

"Sooo," She said, "Monty, what is going on with you and our friend Mr. Lupin?"

In reply, Monty glared at her and turned back to her mashed potatoes. Lily was having none of that though. She looked expectantly at Monty, who simply glowered at her broccoli.

"I guess we will have to resort to more painful methods then." Lily said, looking meaningfully at Katya. Both of them grinned evilly. Monty gave a high pitched squeak of terror and slid as low as possible on the bench.

"Guys.." It came out as a squeal, "ahem, guys, maybe it would be better if we waited for some, erm, privacy?" Lily simply rolled her eyes.

"Privacy, Schmivacy. Plus I won't even be in the dorm with you this year. REMEMBER…head girl." And with that Katya and Lily advanced to tickly into submission the poor and unfortunate Monty.

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